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RULES 


OF THE 


CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION 


Formed for the Purpose of Framing a Constitution 
for the Proposed 

STATE OF NEW MEXICO, 


1910 


SANTA FE, N. M. 

The New Mexican Printing Company 
1910 















RULES 


OF THE 

CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION 


Formed for the Purpose of Framing a Constitution 
for the Proposed 

STATE OF NEW MEXICO. 


DUTIES OF THE PRESIDENT. 

1. He shall take the chair every day precisely at the hour 
to which the convention shall have previously adjourned and 
shall immediately call the members to order. There being a 
quorum present he shall cause the journal of the preceding 
day to be read. 

2. He shall preserve order and decorum; speak to points of 
order in preference to other members, rising* from his seat for 
that purpose, and shall decide questions of order subject to an 
appeal to the convention by any member, on which appeal no 
member shall speak more than once unless by leave of the 
convention. 

3. He may state a question sitting but he shall rise when 
stating the question for a vote. 

4. Questions shall be distinctly put in this form: “Those 
who are of the opinion that (as the case or the question may 
be) say ‘aye.’ ” If he shall have any doubt or a division shall 
be called for, the convention shall divide, those in the affirma¬ 
tive of the question shall first rise from their seats and after¬ 
wards those in the negative. If the chair still doubts or a count 




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of the votes be required, the president shall order the secre¬ 
tary to count the votes and when the same is ascertained he 
shall rise and state the decision of the convention. 

5. The Chair shall have a general direction of the conven¬ 
tion, he shall have the right to name any member to perform 
the duties of the chair, but such substitution shall not extend 
beyond an adjournment and in his absence for any cause 
whatsoever, the convention shall proceed to elect a President 
protempore to act during his absence. 

6. In all cases the President shall have a vote and if the 
convention be equally divided on any vote the question voted 
on shall be lost. 

7. In case of any disturbance or disorderly conduct in the 
gallaries or lobby the President or Chairman of the committee 
of the whole of the Convention shall have the power to cause 
the same to be cleared. 

8. Reporters for newspapers or stenographers wishing to 
take down debates may be admitted within the bar of the 
convention by the President, who shall assign such places to 
them as shall not interfere with the conveniences of the 
convention. 

THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF MEMBERS. 

9. Members and officers of the convention are required to be 
constantly in attendance upon the duties of their position and 
leave of absence to such will only be granted by vote of the 
convention or by unanimous consent. 

10. Whenever a member is about to speak he shall rise 
from his seat and respectfully address himself to “Mr. 
President,” and the President shall announce the gentleman 
from the county he represents; if there be more than one 
member from such county then by the name of the member. 
The member may then speak either from his seat or from the 
seat of another member tendered him for the purpose, or from 
the Secretary’s desk. 



RULES OF CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. 


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11. In all cases the member who shall first rise and address 
the chair shall speak first, but when two or more members 
shall rise at once the President shall name the member who 
shall speak first. 

12. No member shall speak more than twice on the same 
subject without leave of the convention except when such con- 
tion has resolved itself into a committee of the whole, nor more 
than once until every member choosing- to speak on the question 
pending shall have spoken, and he shall confine himself to the 
question under debate and avoid personalities. 

13. Any member while discussing the question may read 
from books, papers or documents any matter pertinent to the 
subject under consideration without asking leave. 

14. Any member may ask for the statement of the question, 
which the president may give sitting. 

15. Any member may call for a division of the question and 
the question shall be divided if it comprehend propositions in 
substance so distinct that if one may be taken away a complete 
substantive proposition shall remain. 

16. Every member present when the question is put shall 
vote unless the convention excuses him, and any member re¬ 
questing to be excused from voting or desiring to explain his 
vote may make a brief verbal statement of his reasons for 
making such a request, and the question shall then be taken 
without further debate. 

17. While the president or chairman is putting the question 
or addressing the convention no one shall walk across the hall 
and while a member is speaking no one shall pass between him 
and the chair. No person or member shall go to or remain at 
the secretary’s table while the ayes and nays are being called 
or ballots counted, except the secretary and his assistant. 

18. Any two members shall have the right to demand the 
yeas and nays upon any question before the result is an¬ 
nounced; but if objection is made the demand shall be sus- 



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tained by thirty of the members present; if not sustained 
any member may upon request have his vote upon the question 
recorded upon the journal, and upon the call for yeas and nays 
the secretary shall call the names alphabetically. 

19. Any fifteen members have the right to demand the call 
of the convention but if objection is made the demand shall 
be sustained by one-fifth of the members present and upon a 
call of the convention the names of the members shall be 
called alphabetically and the absentees noted upon the 
journal. 

20. Any member shall have the right to demand the pre¬ 
vious question. The previous question shall be put in the form: 
“Shall the main question now be put?” And until decided shall 
preclude all debate and all amendments and motions. All 
incidental questions, or question of order arising after a mo¬ 
tion is made, for the previous question and pending such mo¬ 
tion, shall be decided, whether on appeal or otherwise, without 
debate. 

21. On motion for the previous question and prior to voting 
on same a call of the convention shall be in order, but after 
the demand for the previous question shall have been sus¬ 
tained, no call shall be in order and the convention shall be 
brought to an immediate vote, first upon the pending amend¬ 
ments in the inverse order of their age, and then upon the main 
question. 

22. If a call for the previous question be not sustained the 
subject under consideration shall not .thereby be postponed. 

23. If any member in speaking or otherwise transgresses 
the rules of the convention the President shall, or any member 
may, call him to order, in which case the member so called to 
order shall immediately take his seat, unless permitted to ex¬ 
plain and the convention shall, if appealed to, decide upon the 
case without debate. If there be no appeal the decision of the 
chair shall be final. If the decision be in favor of the member 



RULES OF CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. 


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called to order he shall be at liberty to proceed without 
further action. 

24. Upon any division and count of the convention on any 
question, no member without the bar shall be counted. 

DECORUM AND DEBATE. 

25. When a motion is made and seconded it shall be stated 
by the chair, or, being in writing, it shall be handed to the 
chair and read aloud by the Secretary before debated. 

26. Every motion made to the convention entertained by 
the President shall be reduced to writing on demand of any 
member and shall be entered on the journal with the name of 
the member making it unless it is withdrawn the same day. 

27. When a motion has been made the President shall 
state it or have it put in writing on the demand of any 
member, cause it to be read aloud by the Secretary before 
being debated, and it shall then be in possession of the conven¬ 
tion but may be withdrawn by consent of the majority of the 
members present at any time before a decision or amendment. 

28. When a question is under debate no motion shall be 
received except to adjourn, to take a recess, to lay on the table, 
for the previous question, to postpone to a certain day or in¬ 
definitely, (which motions shall be decided without debate,) and 
to amend or refer, which several motions shall have precedence 
in the order in which they are arranged, and no motion to lay 
on the table, to postpone to a certain date or indefinitely, or 
to refer to the same committee, being decided, shall be again 
allowed on the same day at the same stage of the proposition. 

29. No motion or proposition or any subject whatever dif¬ 
ferent from that under consideration shall be admitted under 
the pretext of amendment. 

30. When a motion has once been made and carried in the 
negative or affirmative, it shall be in order for any member of 
the majority voting thereon to move for the reconsideration 
thereof on the same or the next day, and such motion shall 



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RULES OF CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. 


take precedeuce of all other questions, except a motion to 
adjourn or take a recess. 

31. Any file, petition, memorial, resolution or proposition 
referred to a standing or special committee may at any time 
by a majority vote be recalled for recommitment or passage 
or any other action of the convention. 

32. When the reading of any document is called for and the 
same is objected to by any member, it shall be determined by 
a vote of the convention. 

33. Petitions, memorials and other papers addressed to the 
convention shall be presented by the chair or by a member in 
his place; a brief statement of the contents thereof shall be 
made verbally by the introducer, and they shall not be debated 
on the day of their presentation unless when the convention 
shall direct otherwise, but shall lie on the table to be taken up 
in the order in which they were presented. 

34. When a motion is made to commit to the committee of 
the whole convention or to a standing committee, it shall not 
be in order to amend such motion by substituting any other 
committee, but if any other committee shall be proposed the 
motion shall first be put upon the committee first named and 
afterwards upon the committee or committees proposed in the 
order in which they are called; but a motion to refer to a 
committee of the whole convention, to a standing committee 
or to a select committee shall have precedence in the order 
here named. 

35. A motion to adjourn or to take a recess shall always 
be in order but being negatived shall not again be entertained 
until some motion, call, order or other business shall take 
place. 

OF COMMITTEES. 

36. It shall be in order for the committee on Revison and 
Arrangment to report at any time when the convention is not 
otherwise engaged. 




RULES OF CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. 


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37. All reports of committees shall be signed by the 
members thereof who concur therein and the report with the 
name of the member or members signing the same shall be 
read by the Secretary or from the secretary’s desk by the 
member making the report without a motion unless the 
reading be dispensed with by the convention. Where the 
report is unanimous it may be signed by the Chairman of the 
committee alone: Provided any member or members of a 
committee may make a minority report or reports, which shall 
be subject to the same order as provided for majority reports. 

38. Whenever any standing committee shall report to the 
convention any provision to be incorporated in the constitu¬ 
tion. such provision with the report, shall be printed and lay 
on the table one day and a copy be furnished to each member 
before being considered in committee of the whole, the same to 
apply to minority reports. 

39. No committee shall sit during the daily sessions of the 
convention unless by special leave. 

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. 

40. When the committee shall be ready to proceed with the 
orders of the day a motion to go into committee of the whole 
or orders of the day shall have precedence over all other 
matters except to adjourn, to take a recess or for the previous 
question. 

41. In forming the committee of the whole the president shall 
leave the chair and appoint a chairman who shall preside and 
vote as other members. 

42. In the committee of the whole propositions shall be read 
by the chairman and considered item by item, unless otherwise 
directed by the committee. The body of the proposition shall 
not be defaced or interlined, but amendments shall be noted by 
the chairman or secretary upon a separate paper, as the same 
shall be agreed to by the committee and so reported to the 
convention. After being reported to the convention the 



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RULES OF CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. 


proposition or the amendments thereto by the committee of 
the whole shall be immediately taken up for consideration, 
unless it shall be otherwise ordered by the convention, and 
again be subject to discussion or amendments before the 
question to engross for final reading shall be taken. 

43. The rules for proceedings in the committee of the whole 
shall be the same as in the convention so far as may be 
applicable. 

44. Whenever as any entire article for incorporation in 
the constitution shall have been disposed of, such article, 
if agreed to by the convention, shall be referred by the presid¬ 
ent to the committee on revision and arrangement. The com¬ 
mittee shall have full power to revise the language used in 
the various articles and to arrange the same so as to be 
clearly expressive of the sense of the convention and to make 
the article complete and consistent within itself. 

45. The committee on revision having completed its revision 
as provided in the preceding rule, shall report each article 
of the constitution to the convention, when it shall be fully 
read, and when it is thus read the question shall be on the article 
so revised and amended, and if the same shall be decided in 
the affirmative such article shall be considered adopted. And 
when all the articles of the constitution shall have been thus 
adopted, all the articles shall be again referred to the com- 
mitee on revision and arrangement to be numbered and 
reported back to the convention with recommendations as to 
the elimination of duplications and reconcilment of incon¬ 
sistencies for the actien of the convention thereon. The 
constitution as a whole shall be carefully enrolled under the 
supervision of the committee on revision and arrangement, 
and signed by the president, secretary and members of the 
convention who may wish to sign the same. 

46. The final vote agreeing to each proposition and upon 
agreeing to the constitution as a whole, shall be taken by the 



RULES OF CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. 


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yeas and nays, and no such proposition nor the instrument 
as a whole, shall be considered as agreed to except a 
majority of the delegates present vote therefor. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

47. Any provions any member may wish to incorporate in 
the constitution, or submit as a separate provision to be 
voted on separately as a part of the constitution, shall be 
first introduced in the convention in writing- and sent to the 
desk of the secretary, who shall read the same by title; it 
shall then be referred to the proper committee without debate, 
but no matter shall be incorporated in the constitution until 
the subject to which it relates shall have first been considered 
and reported upon by the committee of the whole. 

48. Each article or propsition so introduceod shall be 
printed, unless otherwise ordered by the convention, given its 
consecutive number of introduction and a»copy thereof fur¬ 
nished to each member; provided, however, that any standing 
committee may report any matter without it being first referred 
to it through the convention. 

49. The rules in parliamentary practice of the house of 
representatives of the 61st congress, as prepared by Asher C. 
Hines pursuant to the resolution of the house of representa¬ 
tives passed July 12, 1909, shall govern the convention in all 
cases to which they are applicable, and in which fhey are not 
inconsistent with the standing rules and orders of this conven¬ 
tion. 

50. No standing- rule or order of this convention shall be 
rescinded or changed, except upon one day’s notice being 
given of the motion therefor, nor shall any rule be suspended, 
except by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members present, 
nor shall the order of business as established by the rules of 
the convention be postponed or changed, except by a vote of 
at least two-thirds of the members present. 

51. Any member desiring to amend these rules shall offer 





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RULES OP CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. 


the proposed amendment in writing, which shall be sent to the 
desk of the secretary to be read to the convention. The pro¬ 
posed amendment shall then be referred to the committee on 
rules without debate, and the committee on rules shall, with 
all convenient speed, consider and report its action on the 
proposed amendment to the convention. 

52. These rules shall be in force from and after their adop¬ 
tion, and an appeal from the decision of the chair shall only 
be sustained by a vote of two-thirds of the members present. 

53. As soon as the convention is called to order prayer 
may be offered and a quorum being present the journal of the 
preceding day shall be read by the Secretary and if necessary 
corrected by the convention. 

54. A majority of the members of the convention shall be 
necessary to constitute a quorum to do business and a 
majority of those .voting shall be sufficient to decide pending 
questions. 

55. As soon as the journal is read and corrected as afore¬ 
said, the president shall call for presentatation of petitions 
and memorials. 

Introduction of provisions to be incorporated in the consti¬ 
tution. 

Reports of Standing Committees. 

Reports of Special Committees. 

Resolutions. 

Final readings. 

Business on the President’s Table. 

Unfinished Business. 






56. When a proposed amendment, or a proposed order is 
laid on the table, the original question or the proposition 
pending shall not be held to accompany the proposed amend¬ 
ment or order so laid on the table. 

57. There shall be no file or matter proposed to be incor¬ 
porated into the constitution, introduced into the convention 
after the 22nd day of October, A. D. 1910. Provided, however, 
that no standing committee shall be precluded from introducing 
any such matter into the convention in its regular order at any 
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MEMBERS OF COMMITTEES. 


RULES AND ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

C. A. Spiess, Solomon Luna, E. A. Miera, T. B. Catron, 
Charles H. Kohn, H. B. Fergusson, J. H. Crist. 

PREAMBLE AND BOUNDARIES. 

Isidoro Armijo, A. B. McDonald, A. C. Abeytia, William 
McKean, Jose Amado Lucero, C. M. Compton, Edward D. 
Tittman. 

BILL OF RIGHTS. 

F. E. Wood, S. B. Davis, Jr., Jose Amado Lucero, Jose 
D. Sena, Margarito Romero, F. H. Winston, J. Francisco 
Romero, Onecimo Martinez, John W. Childers, James N. 
Upton, E. F. Saxon. 

LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT. 

A. B. Fall, Solomon Luna, Charles Springer, T. B. Catron, 
F. E. Wood, S. B. Davis, Jr., Eufracio F. Gallegos, Juan 
Navarro, E. A. Miera, J. Francisco Romero, Perfecto Esqui- 
bel, H. M. Dougherty, C. R. Brice, H. B. Fergusson, A. H. 
Hudspeth, C. C. Davidson. 

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. 

T. D. Burns, E. C. Stover, T. H. O’Brien, Luciano Maes, 
Candelario Vigil, Chas. E. Miller. H. O. Bursum, John G. 
Clancey, Wm. McIntosh, M. L. Stern, Atanastacio Medina, 
C. C. Davidson, G. A. Richardson, M. P. Skeen, J. IT. Crist, 
John L. House. 

JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT. 

Frank W. Parker, T. B. Catron, C. J. Roberts, A. B. Fall, 
Reed Holloman, Herbert J. 'Raynolds, Malaquias Martinez, 
Nepomuceno Segura, John Becker, F. C. Field, Jose Amado 
Lucero, G. A. Richardson, A. H. Harllee, James G. Fitch, 
J. Lee Lawson. 



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RULES OP CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. 


ELECTIVE FRANCHISE. 

Nestor Montoya, Eufracio F. Gallegos, Frank W. Parker, 
Atanacio Roibal, Benj. F. Pankey, Venceslao Jaramillo, 
Squire Hartt, Jr., Harry W. Kelly, George E. Moffett, John 
W. Childer, James G. Fitch. 

EDUCATION. 

George W. Prichard, Acasio Gallegos, W. E. Garrison, J. 
H. Canning, Nestor Montoya, George S. Brown, Silvestre 
Mirabal, Margarito Romero, F. C. Field, Victor Ortega, 
Thomas J. Mabry, Emmett Patton, James G. Fitch, M. D. 
Taylor, W. B. Walton. 

PUBLIC LANDS. 

Silvestre Mirabal, T. D. Burns, George W. Baker, H. W. 
Kelly, F. H. Winston, Salome Martinez, A. B. Fall, G. W. 
Prichard, A. C. Abeyta, Wm. McIntosh, W. E. Garrison, 
Thos. J. Mabry, A. H. Hudspeth, A. H. Harllee, C. R. Brice, 
H. B. Fergusson. 

TAXATION AND REVENUE. 

J. M. Cunningham, Charles E. Miller. John H. Canning, A. 
A. Sedillo, John Becker, E. A. Miera, H. O. Bursum, George 
W. Baker, Onecimo G. Martinez, Perfecto Esquibel, W. E. 
Lindsey, A. H Hudspeth, James A. Hall, Samuel Eldodt, E. 
F. Saxon, J. B. Gilchrist. 

STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS. 

W. D. Murray, J. J. Aragon, A. B. McDonald, Charles E. 
Miller, William McKean, Victor Ortega, C. J. Roberts, B. F. 
Pankey, J. M. Cunningham, G. W. Baker, John Becker, 
9 e °rge E. Moffett, Raymundo Harrison, John I. Hinkle, J. 
N. Upton, A. H. Harllee. 



RULES OP CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. 


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PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND INSTITUTIONS. 

Gregory Page, W. E. Garrison, Anastacio Medina, Eugenio 
Romero, George S. Brown, Nestor Montoya, Salome Marti¬ 
nez, W. E. Lindsey, Emmett Patton, C. M. Compton, Samuel 
Eldodt. 

COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS. 

Daniel Cassidy, Sr., Charles H. Kohn, W. D. Murray, M. 
L. Stern, Candelario Vigil, F. Gauna, Squire Hartt, Jr., 
Tranquilino Labadie, John L. House, G. B. Patterson, J. B. 
Gilchrist. 

CORPORATIONS, OTHER THAN MUNICIPAL. 

H. O. Bursum, M. L. Stern, George S. Brown, Harry W. 
Kelly, Solomon Luna, T. B. Catron, Juan Navarro, Gregory 
Page, Alejandro Sandoval, Venceslao Jaramillo, Reed Hollo¬ 
man, H. M. Dougherty, C. C. Davidson, M. P. Skeen, J. Lee 
Lawson, G. B. Patterson. 

MILITARY AFFAIRS. 

Venceslao Jaramillo, E. S. Stover, Jose D. Sena, Anastacio 
Gutierrez, Candelario Vigil, Emmett Patton, R. W. Heflin. 
MINES AND MINING. 

F. H. Winston, T. H. O’Brien, Gregory Page, W. D. 
Murray, Malaquias Martinez, J. B. Gilchrist, E. D. Tittman. 

IRRIGATION, WATER RIGHTS. 

Malaqias Martinez, Atanacio Roibal, J. M. Cunningham, 
T. D. Burns, E. M. Lucero, Isidoro Armijo, C. J. Roberts, 
Luciano Maes, E. C. Stover, Juan Navarro, N. Segura, G. A. 
Richardson, J. Lee Lawson, J. W. Childers, R. W. Heflin, 
Raymundo Harrison. 



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RULES OF CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. 


AGRICULTURE AND CONSERVATION. 

Norman W. Bartlett, Fred. S. Brown, Anastacio Gutierrez, 
Perfecto Esquibel, Wm. McKean, John G. Clancy, A. C. 
Abeyta, Luciano Maes, G. B. Patterson, M. D. Taylor, Ray- 
mundo Harrison. 

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. 

J. J. Aragon, S. B. Davis, Jr., Isidoro Armijo, B. F. Pankey, 
Silvestre Mirabal, D. Cassidy, A. A. Sedillo, T. H. O’Brien, 
J. H. Crist, H. M. Dougherty, G. E. Moffett. 

ORDINANCE COMPACT WITH THE UNITED STATES. 

Eufracio F. Gallegos, Salome Martinez, Herbert F. Ray- 
nolds, Anastacio Medina, John H. Canning, John I. Hinkle, 
M. P. Skeen. 

SCHEDULE. 

Reed Holloman, Tranquilino Labadie, J. J. Aragon, Onesi- 
mo Martinez, H F. Raynolds, Norman Bartlett, Jose D. Sena, 
F. C. Field, S. B. Davis, Jr., E. M. Lucero, A. B. McDonald, 
J. N. Upton, Ed. F. Saxon, C. M. Compton, Jas. A. Hall, R. 
W. Heflin. 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 

Alejandro Sandoval, Fred. S. Brown, Tranquilino Labadie, 
Daniel Cassidy, Atanacio Roibal, F. Gauna, J. Francisco 
Romero, Charles H. Kohn, M. D. Taylor, M. P. Skeen, John 
L. House. 

REVISIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS. 

Charles Springer, Wm. McIntosh, Acacio Gallegos, Mar- 
garito Romero, F. E. Wood, J. H. Crist, E. D. Tittman. 

ENGROSSING AND ENROLLING. 

John H. Canning, Acacio Gallegos, N. Segura, G. W. Pri¬ 
chard, Margarito Romero, James A. Hall, E. D. Tittman. 




RULES OF CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. 


15 


PRINTING AND BINDING. 

John G. Clancy, Squire Hartt, Jr., Alejandro Sandoval, 
Victor Ortega, E. M. Lucero, T. J. Mabry, W. B. Walton. 

WAYS AND MEANS. 

W. E. Lindsey, F. W. Parker, A. A. Sedillo, Engenio Ro¬ 
mero, Fred. S. Brown, Samuel Eldodt, M. P. Skeen. 

APPORTIONMENT. 

Engenio Romero, A. B. Fall, E. A. Miera, H. O. Bursum, 
Solomon Luna, Charles Springer, T. B. Catron, Venceslao 
Jaramillo, W. B. Walton, John I. Hinkle, J. H. Crist. 







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